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Meanwhile, Iran has made new demands about the restart of negotiations and the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, and the Pentagon is pressing the U.S. defense industry to accelerate production of weapons.
Drone strike comes after Riyadh signs defence pact and Tehran issues tough demands to reopen strait of Hormuz Middle East crisis live – latest updates Yemen’s Tehran-aligned Houthis have claimed responsibility for an attack on a refinery in Saudi Arabia, two days after the kingdom signed a defence pact with Turkey and Pakistan in response to growing regional instability caused by the US-Israel war on Iran. The at…
NPR – World Meanwhile, Iran has made new demands about the restart of negotiations and the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, and the Pentagon is pressing the U.S. defense industry to accelerate production of weapons.
The Iran-aligned Houthis attacked Saudi Aramco’s Jazan refinery on Sunday, while the Strait of Hormuz remains closed as Iran and the US argue over the parameters for peace.
NPR – World Meanwhile, Iran has made new demands about the restart of negotiations and the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, and the Pentagon is pressing the U.S. defense industry to accelerate production of weapons.
Strikes by Iran-backed Houthi rebels on Sunday killed at least 11 people in the Yemeni port city of Mokha, says a medical source, after an earlier drone salvo targeted a Saudi oil refinery. Attacks from the armed group have increased since the 2022 truce seems to have been broken last month.
NYTimes – World More than 500 passengers were on board the trains when the crash occurred in the province of Toledo, south of Madrid.
NPR – World Israel's election has produced no clear winner, with partial results showing neither Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's right-wing religious bloc nor opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot's alliance on course for a Knesset majority. Israeli Arab parties made a strong showing, potentially positioning them as kingmakers. The Israeli president is pushing to avert a fresh election as both sides scramble to form a government, a process that could take weeks or months.
Sky News – World Flávio Bolsonaro, who lost Sunday's Brazilian presidential election, fled Brazil and landed in Miami, United States, after Brazilian police canceled his passport amid an ongoing investigation. Reports describe his departure as clandestine and say his family accompanied him. Brazil's Supreme Court had ordered him to surrender his passports following electoral defeat over fears he would leave the country.
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